Avarua, Cook Islands Moonrise, Moonset, Moon illumination

Moonrise, moonset, moon position, illumination and phases in Avarua (Cook Islands, Rarotonga). Current time: Saturday, 2026-08-29, 04:14 (GMT-10:00) Pacific/Rarotonga . All times are shown in Avarua local time. Minimal illumination of the moon today: 94.5%, Maximal illumination for this day: 98.33%. Next full moon will be at: 2026-09-26, 06:50; remaining time: 28d 2h 35m 38s.

Moonrise, Moonset

Moonrise:	20:14
Moonset:	07:45

Current distance Earth↔Moon:
Center-to-center: 385 046 km
239 257 mi
Avarua ↔ Moon, nearest point: 378 671 km
235 295 mi
View angle: 0.517°

Avarua on map:

Avarua

Info

Local timezone:	GMT-10:00
Latitude:	-21.20778°
Longitude:	-159.775°
Country:	Cook Islands Rarotonga
Population:	13 373

Moon phase, Moon illumination Today

Moon illumination 0-24h (Current: 97.8%):

The age of the Moon in current lunar cycle: 16 Day, 3 hours, 51 minutes. (≈16.161 Day)

Moon illumination angle = -29°

Avarua, Moon position Today

Moon Altitude (0-24h), Current: 46.4°;

Moon Azimuth 0-24h (Current: 292.4°):

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Moonrise, moonset and phases in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-27	2026-08-28	2026-08-29	2026-08-30	2026-08-31
Day:	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Moonrise:	18:26:00	19:20:00	20:14:00	21:10:00	22:08:00
Moonset:	06:37:00	07:11:00	07:45:00	08:19:00	08:56:00

Avarua moonrise, moonset and phase informations for whole month (or Year 2026):

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